Hoover Warns Central Empires Face Grain Shortage Amid Drought
United States food administrator Herbert Hoover warned that drought in Romania and the Ukraine, plus poor harvests in greater Russia, threaten grain supplies for Germany and Austria. He said central empires cannot rely on Roumania or Russia for food, expect possible starvation conditions, and urged continued sugar and food conservation measures at home.
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Ukraine
Germany
Russia
Herbert Hoover
United Sates
Hngary
Austria
Roumania
Bulgaria
Ukrainie
Caspian
Siberia
Aly
Hower
United States
Hoover
Death of Elussein Ben AW King of the Hejaz
Amsterdam reports a notice from Constantinople about Elussein Ben AW’s death, ruler of the Hejaz and sherif of Mecca. In 1916 Hussein became king at ulema and Mecca notables request, allied powers recognizing him, aligning with their cause and fighting Turks in his lands.
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Amsterdam
Constantinople
Elussein Ben AW
Esrand Sherif
Mecas
Sherif Hussein
Hejaz
Mecca
German worker forces kiss of every star at flagpole
At Sunnyside yards Long Island City a German employee, following disparaging remarks about the war, was compelled by coworkers to kiss every star on the American flag after the flag was lowered. A woman in the office wore a service pin with two stars and explained it honored two relatives in service.
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New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island City
France
Haig Foch Beatty Urge Coal Output for U S Army
British leaders L Marshal Foch and Admiral Beatty urged Southampton miners to raise coal output to meet higher demand from American troops in France. Coal shortage cited as 36,060,000 tons short this year, with output key to victory.
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London
France
Lusitania Powder Ship Claims Rejected by German Press
German papers renew untrue charges that the Cunard liner Lusitania carried ammunition when sunk. The claim stems from a Stockholm report in a survivor suit. Dr George Wirthelme and Barthelme publish incendiary pieces denying the assertion but predicting proof will emerge, alleging official knowledge in Washington.
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Amsterdam
Cunard
Lusitania
Germany
Stockholm
Cunard Company
George Wirthelme
Washington
Cologne Gazette
Barthelme
Paris Symphony Orchestra to tour American cities
Boston August 24 The Paris Symphony Orchestra under the French government will give several concerts in major American cities next fall Arrangements were made by the French high commissioner and the U S government at the suggestion of the French Association for Musical Art New York will supervise the tour The orchestra arrives in New York in October with performances slated at the Metropolitan Opera House and Symphony Hall October 9 Profits from the tour will go to war relief efforts.
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Boston
Paris Symphony Orchestra
United States
French Association For Musical Art
New York
Metropoltan Opera House
Symphony Hall
United States Ships 7,000,000 Deadweight In Flag Flagships
Philadelphia dispatch reports Edward N Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, outlining plans to build and deploy 25,000,000 tons of American deadweight tonnage under the U S flag. He cites current tonnage at 7,000,000 and describes a shift to a global fleet with expanded routes to Latin America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, plus a new protective merchant marine role. He emphasizes growth from 2,412,381 tons two years ago and the goal of a thriving American-built fleet across Pacific and Atlantic routes.
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Philadelphia
United States
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Hurley
Great Lake
Atlantic
Pacific
Central America
Caribbean
Shipping Board
New York
Rio de Janeiro
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
Curacao
Colombia
Ecnador
Peru
Valparaiso
Chile
Mexico
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica
Russia
China
Japan
Australia
Doctor Shedd Dies in Persia While Leading Refugee Relief
Dr Willam A Shedd head of refugee relief in Lake Uramia district southern Persia died of cholera at Sain Kalah on August 7 His death announced to American committee of Armenian and Syrian relief He was a member of the Presbyterian board of foreign missions and brother in law of President Ray Lyman Wilbur His cable report from Kashin says Christian population flees to Teheran as Turkish invasion drives them from Urumia All missionaries have left with one exception.
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New York
Willam A. Shedd
Lake Uramia
Persia
American Committee of
Relef
Sain Kalah
Dr Shedd
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Gorden Paddock
United States
Kashin
Urumia
Teheran
Boy Finds Barrels From Sunk Ship Off Virginia Capes
Fourteen year old Marchant Wentworth Gibson of the Arundel Apartments and his cousin Miss Lillian Respeas found a floating oil barrel near Virginia Beach during vacations. Gibson sold the barrel for $25, sharing half with Miss Respeas. The barrel likely came from a ship sunk by a German submarine.
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Virginia Capes
Marchant Wentworth Gibson
Arundel Apartments
Emma Marchant Gibson
Virginia Beach
Gibson
Lillian Respesa
Richmond
Miss Respeas
Ford Will Return Profits From War Work
Henry Ford announced via his private secretary that he will return to the U.S. government all profits he personally earns on war contract work. He said he expects other Ford Motor Company stockholders to follow suit. The amount and method of return were not stated.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
United States
Ford Motor Company
Tourist shot in liquor hunt near Ridge Top
Charles Lehman of Canton Ohio, a passenger in an automobile headed to Atlanta, lies in a Nashville hospital with a bullet wound in the hip after officers halted a whisky-running car near Ridge Top. The driver, Lehman’s son, allegedly mistook the pursuing officers for hold-up men and sped away as shots were fired. Federal agents in Hopkinsville Kentucky report confiscated twenty cars loaded with liquor bound for Tennessee, totaling over twenty thousand dollars in value, with more arrests anticipated.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles Lehman
Canton
Ohio
Atlanta
Ridge Top
Kentucky
Lehman
Hopkinsville
Pembroke
Tennessee
Wife Survives Poison Attempt After Husband Intervenes
Mrs Marisa Krauss 29 of 3214 O Street NW almost died after ingesting carbolic acid before her husband knocked the bottle away and spilled it on the floor She was rushed to Georgetown Hospital with facial and hand burns but expected to recover A coroner jury ruled John C Stevens 34 of 643 F Street SW died accidentally after slipping under a moving locomotive at Eckington yards while attempting to board it The inquest followed his first day on the job The issue notes the ongoing small paper called The Flyer edited in France by Robert Rovitzserain and mentions its origin as The 101 Weekly from Lawrenceburg Indiana.
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Marisa Krauss
O Street Northwest
Krauss
Georgetown Hospital
Hanca
Burna
Dliven
John C Stevens
F Street Southwest
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stevens
Eckington
Fifth and
T Streets
Pensil Nex Snaner
France
Robert Ro Vitzserain
Maero Aduadron
Lana
Post
101 Weekly
Lawrenceburg
Ind
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